Home Squadron
The Home Squadron was the middle of the 19th century a part of the United States Navy.
It was erected in 1838 and was intended to protect the coastal trade, helping ships in distress, fight pirates and slave trading ships and prepare for their use in remote areas. It was used in the Mexican-American War and dissolved at the beginning of the Civil War, when the ships were required for the blockade of the ports of the Confederacy.
Commander
- Charles Stewart ( 1842)
- David Conner (1845-1847)
- Matthew C. Perry (1847 - November 20, 1848 )
- Foxhall A. Parker, Sr. (c. 1851)
- John Thomas Newton ( March 1852 - March 1855 )
- Charles Stewart McCauley ( April 1855 - 1856)
- Hiram Paulding (1856-1858)
- Garrett J. Pendergrast (1858-1861)
- Silas H. Stringham (1861 )
- Marine Association (United States)
- Marine History of the United States
- Established in 1838